Trio of Retirees Take the Dream Machine by Storm, Another Spins the Wheel

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
This week on the California Lottery's Big Spin show, four
contestants won a total of $185,000. The show aired statewide
Saturday, April 5, 2008. The grand total won this week was $207,500!

Margaret Hobbs, a retired engineer from Los Angeles, was first up
at the Dream Machine. Hobbs, who walked away with $90,000, plans to
buy a car with her prize. She said she will buy a Toyota. Next up was
Albert Been, another retiree from Canyon Country, who won $25,000 and
says, "My family already had plans for a vacation, but now it will be
a bigger vacation!" Lastly, Modesto Garcia, from Tehachapi, the third
retiree, took his turn at the Dream Machine. Garcia won $10,000 and
wants to spend his prize on a trip to Alaska.

Mary "Elkie" Rhodes, yet another retiree also from Los Angeles who
outplayed nine other contestants in Aces High, took home $60,000!
Rhodes plans to take a vacation with her sister to Hawaii and start
college funds for her two grandchildren.

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Winners Summary

NAME CITY AMOUNT
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Margaret Hobbs Los Angeles $90,000
Mary "Elkie" Rhodes Los Angeles $60,000
Albert Been Canyon Country $25,000
Modesto Garcia Tehachapi $10,000
Cherie Roussel Tehachapi $5,000
Steve Comfort San Clemente $4,000
Linda Dang Los Angeles $2,500
Jose Holguin Hawaiian Gardens $2,000
Robert Canfield Buena Park $2,000
Rena Smith Citrus Heights $1,750
Marco Antonio Abadia Los Angeles $1,750
Mary Ann Cariveau North Hollywood $1,750
Martha Barrientos Hawthorne $1,750
TOTAL $207,500
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For high resolution copies of photos of Margaret Hobbs, Albert
Been, Modesto Garcia or Mary "Elkie" Rhodes, please contact (916)
324-9639 or e-mail newsroom@calottery.com.

More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the
community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail
commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of
every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public
education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the
form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has
contributed more than $20 billion to California schools out of total
sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5
billion in compensation since 1985.

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California State Lottery
Olga Gallardo or Cathy Doyle Johnston, 916-324-9639

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